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    Blackberry Storm 2: Not a Lot of New Features, But Improvements in Current Features

    Blackberry Storm 2On October 28th, Verizon placed the new Blackberry Storm 2 on their shelves. The BlackBerry Storm2 with BlackBerry® OS 5.0 has several new features including new SurePress™ “clickable” display technology and built-in Wi-Fi®. A Large (3.25″), dazzling high-resolution 480 x 360 display at 184 ppi compliments the Capacitive touchscreen with integrated functions (Send, End, Menu, Escape), and the new SurePress technology makes clicking the display practically effortless
    There’s 2 GB of onboard media storage and a microSD™/SDHD memory card slot with a 16 GB card included. The new BlackBerry OS 5.0 includes improvements such as typing accuracy and selection improvements, as well as usability and visual enhancements: inertial scrolling, spin boxes that make it easier to set dates and times, gradient shading on buttons, and more use of animation. The BlackBerry® Browser is improved with faster JavaScript and CSS processing as well as support for Gears and BlackBerry Widgets
    Blackberry Storm2 includes a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, Image Stabilization (IS), flash and video recording capabilities. There’s Bluetooth® (v2.1) onboard, with support for Secure Simple Pairing, hands-free headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals. Built-in GPS, V Cast, a respectable App catalog, and support for Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Broadband Connect tethering service round out the additions.
    I played with the new Storm2, and was reminded of the iPhone 3G and 3Gs evolution- same phone with faster processing, and more sophisticated versions of the same features. SurePress works better with four piezo-electric buttons (instead of 2), which live under the screen, provide for better response. App-toggling is faster, and the camera takes decent shots. Having said that, I’m not a huge fan of the Storm2. It tries to do too much, and doesn’t succeed in any category with excellence. If I were to get a Blackberry, it would be the Tour. The Blackberry line, as a whole, is solid. Why try to compete with iPhone. You’ll lose.
    The BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone is available through Verizon and other Verizon retailers now for $179.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan with an Email and Web feature or an Email and Web for BlackBerry plan.

    David Novak
    David Novakhttps://www.gadgetgram.com
    For the last 20 years, David Novak has appeared in newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV around the world, reviewing the latest in consumer technology. His byline has appeared in Popular Science, PC Magazine, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Electronic House Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, Forbes Technology, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour Magazine, T3 Technology Magazine, Stuff Magazine, Maxim Magazine, Wired Magazine, Laptop Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, Indiana Business Journal, Better Homes and Garden, CNET, Engadget, InfoWorld, Information Week, Yahoo Technology and Mobile Magazine. He has also made radio appearances on the The Mark Levin Radio Show, The Laura Ingraham Talk Show, Bob & Tom Show, and the Paul Harvey RadioShow. He’s also made TV appearances on The Today Show and The CBS Morning Show. His nationally syndicated newspaper column called the GadgetGUY, appears in over 100 newspapers around the world each week, where Novak enjoys over 3 million in readership. David is also a contributing writer fro Men’s Journal, GQ, Popular Mechanics, T3 Magazine and Electronic House here in the U.S.

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